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TRUNK: Mexico, Our Southern Neighbor

Books
A Pictorial Guide to Tulum
Arts and Crafts of Mexico by Bobbie Kalman
The Gift of Corn
Mexico from A to Z
Mexico Su Cultura
by Bobbie Kalman
Mexico the land by Bobbie Kalman
Mexico the people by Bobbie Kalman
Mexico the culture by Bobbie Kalman

Dishes and baskets
Black bowl (pottery)
Carved gourd bowl (tan colored carvings)
Heart-shaped basket
Long basket
Miniature basket (green and pink)
Stacking baskets (3 baskets that stack inside each other)
Tonala (gray, red, and blue pottery)
Wooden tray (square)

Food
Food Bag 1 - Chocolate bar (Carlos V), Ground Cumin (Comino Molido), Rice and black beans (Arroz con Frijoles Negros), Tomato Sauce (Salsa de Chile Fresco)
Food Bag 2 - Klass Atole Fresa Strawberry Tradicional, Klass Aguas Frescas (packages of drink mix; 8 flavors: Melon, Limonada (Lemonde), Chocolate, Platano (Banana), Naranja (Orange), Guayaba), Maizena (hot chocolate mix with 5 flavors: Coco (Coconut), Cajeta (Caramel), Fresa (Strawberry), Nuez (Nut), Vainilla (vanilla), Tamarindo, Fresa (Strawberry))
Chocolate mixer

Music
Maracas
Mexico CD

Other
Bird and rabbit figures (teal bird and yellow rabbit )
Birds wall hanging (red, green, blue)
Candelilla wax
Deck of cards
Hemp animal wall hanging (flat; pink, orange, and green)
Hemp and yarn fabric wall hangings (four pieces of fabric with designs; 2 yellow, 1 pink, 1 brown)
Figure of little man with black hair
Maria Milagrosa candle
Miniature leather shoe key chain
Painted people wall hanging
Shawl (white woven shawl)
Spiral woven ornament
Sombrero (hat)
Serape (white blanket with pink, green, blue, and red design)
Ten Peso Piece
Vanilla bean
World map

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